Lamprotornis hildebrandti

(Cabanis, 1878) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Sturnidae/Lamprotornis

At a glance

Occurrence records18 010

Data sources8

Biological traits22

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Lamprotornis hildebrandti's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 010 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF18 010 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It forms a superspecies with and has previously been included in the same species as Shelley's starling, a migratory species ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia to Kenya. Both of these species have also been combined into a superspecies with the chestnut-bellied starling of West Africa. It was originally placed in the now defunct genus Notauges. The species is named for Johann Maria Hildebrandt, a German collector who was the first European to obtain specimens.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAnAgeAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth5.8 mm

Beak length (culmen)20.8 mm

Beak length (nares)11.3 mm

Beak width4.5 mm

Body mass55.8 g

Hand-wing index23.6

Kipp's distance26.4 mm

Secondary length85.6 mm

Tail length71.2 mm

Tarsus length31 mm

Wing length112 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass4 g

Litter size3.5

Max. longevity203 months

Diet & foraging4

Ground100 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size413 819 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Lamprotornis hildebrandti has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type18 010 records

Wild obs. + sensor17 944

Museum / vouchered14

Other52

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO10 272 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 349≤1 km 200≤10 km 67>10 km 95

711 georeferenced · 17 233 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17 944

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 10>10 km 1

11 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	10
Ann Arbor, US	2
Copenhagen, DK	1
Berkeley, US	1

4 institutions · 14 of 14 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Lamprotornis hildebrandti was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Lamprotornis hildebrandti

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging4

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type18 010 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 4 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type18 010 records